Drug Names

I love it! Finally an honest name for a drug-- Croak (“Potent Form of Speed Could Be Drug of ‘90s,” Oct. 8). I lost a lot of friends many years ago through drug use. I used to wonder why people give drugs cutesy names, like Blue Cheer and Orange Sunshine for LSD. And what’s so cheerful about being in the psych ward at Metropolitan State Mental Hospital? Sunshine is something you don’t see much of behind bars.

Let’s dump these cute names.

FRED J. HERMON

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